"For Boats, even the uglier ones, are among the loveliest creations of man’s hands, and though owning them brings a train of debts, hangnails, bruises, bad frights, and all kinds of worries not experienced by those who content themselves with more practical vices, the relation between man and his boat is as personal and intimate as the relation between husband and wife" - DESMOND HOLDRIDGE

Month

September 2013

Having left Hejira in Torquay Marina for a month while Paula and I took holidays in the Caribbean and Italy (what an indulgent summer!), I took the train back down to Devon on the Bank Holiday Monday to sail her… Continue Reading →